Afrikaans–English dictionary
English translation of the Afrikaans word skoon
| Afrikaans | English (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
|---|---|---|
🔗 Motlanthe het ook gesê die Vrystaat is gereed om ’n groter rol in die strewe na skoner brandstof, veral biobrandstof, te speel. | ||
| (swaer) | ||
🔗 De Priester se skoonma is in die ongeluk dood. | ||
| Afrikaans | English |
|---|---|
| skoon | ⇆ altogether; ⇆ beauteous; ⇆ beautiful; ⇆ bright; ⇆ clean; ⇆ clear; ⇆ fair; ⇆ neat; ⇆ nett; ⇆ simply; ⇆ slick; ⇆ stainless; ⇆ sublime; ⇆ unadulterated; ⇆ unsoiled |
| die skone geslag | ⇆ the fair sex; ⇆ the gentle sex |
| ’n nuwe besem vee skoon | ⇆ a new broom sweeps clean |
| skoon op | ⇆ clean gone |
| bloedskoon | ⇆ spotless |
| duisendskoon | ⇆ sweet william |
| natuurskoon | ⇆ scenery |
| onskoon | ⇆ unbeauteous; ⇆ unbeautiful |
| silwerskoon | ⇆ as clean as a whistle; ⇆ spotless |
| skoonbewys | ⇆ clearance‐certificate |
| skoonbrand | ⇆ grave |
| skoonbroer | ⇆ brother‐in‐law |
| skoonbyt | ⇆ pickle |
| skoondogter | ⇆ daughter‐in‐law |
| skoongewig | ⇆ dressed weight |
| skoonheid | ⇆ beautifulness; ⇆ beauty; ⇆ cleanness; ⇆ sightliness |
| skoonkap | ⇆ lumbering |
| skoonklinkend | ⇆ melodious; ⇆ plausible; ⇆ specious |
| skoonma | ⇆ mother‐in‐law |
| skoonmaak | ⇆ clean; ⇆ brush up; ⇆ cleaning; ⇆ cleanse; ⇆ clean‐up; ⇆ clearing; ⇆ deterge; ⇆ dress; ⇆ expurgate; ⇆ pick; ⇆ purify; ⇆ scavenge; ⇆ weed; ⇆ weeding; ⇆ gill; ⇆ groom; ⇆ gut; ⇆ polish; ⇆ sanify; ⇆ scavengery; ⇆ scour; ⇆ swab; ⇆ trim; ⇆ unclutter |
| skoonmoeder | ⇆ mother‐in‐law |
| skoonopbrings | ⇆ scoured yield |
| skoonpraat | ⇆ exculpate |
| skoonseun | ⇆ son‐in‐law |
| skoonskynend | ⇆ meretricious; ⇆ plausible; ⇆ specious; ⇆ tinsel; ⇆ trumpery |
| skoonvee | ⇆ sweep |
| skoonveld | ⇆ fair way; ⇆ pretty |
| skoonvryf | ⇆ rub down; ⇆ wipe up |
| skoonvrywe | ⇆ wipe up; ⇆ rub down |
| skoonwerk | ⇆ dress down |
| skoonwerksteen | ⇆ face‐brick |
| skynskoon | ⇆ tawdry; ⇆ tinsel |
| wonderskoon | ⇆ exquisite; ⇆ wondrous |